Rajesh Harrikaran, CIO of the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment. 10yrs in the CIO Role, 24 years’ experience in Public Sector.

Currently studying PGDip in AI. Completed Advanced Diploma in General Management (GIBS), Future CIO Programme (GIBS), Certified CIO Practice (WITS), Programme in Project Management (UP), Management Development Programme (UP), Leadership and Management Development (UP), National Diploma Electronic Engineering (DUT), Cybersecurity for Leaders, AI Fundamentals, and others.

Career highlights – successfully deployed end-to-end IT Infrastructure at 6 Star Green Rated Building (Environment House) with HPE Servers, Storage and related infrastructure. Migrations to Cloud – Electronic Document Management System (EDMS OpenText), Geographical Information Systems (ESRI), Wildlife Crime Database (IBM iBase /i2), technology refresh for 3000+ end users, Server and Storage implementation for multiple offices throughout the country.